The Dillon tribune., 1887-07-01

,rdue n front Anon Franklin discovered
M columns on bis right BY this mastery
06dxaas tactics the corps commanders
~, tzGt stdppecting an attack all day, and
vsutsd from sending aid to Porter.
Assh, It sunset, Porter, still desperately
fiatug, sent for help. Could 1t be sparedl
Gcdhn ishsd. Then Sumissr sent Frencht
4 Thomas Francis Neagher's brigades, but
mlssed that be thought he Yves running q
II bdo t.
Is two b,igades dashed acrvss the bridges
siup tho bluff toward Gaines Mill with q
Azt and cheer, Meagher, the lively Irish
'aaal at their head in his shirt sleeves, the
Ikess tell.
BIT then it was too late.
Porter; terribly cut up line had broken II,
" center Ut last. The soldiers who had
fngs 70 bravcly and SO long were rushing
pAhA toward the Chickahominy, in full
mt The comrades who had come to sayA
nuuld only cover their retreat and stop
u confederate pursuit.
Twas Hoods and Mcl4aw's Texan brigades,
dWhitings division. that at last broke Fits
John Porter's line. The regular and zouave
rgiments did not break.
hthe fight of Gaines Mill two regiments,
asd New Jersey, the other Of Pennsylvania,
we're surrounded and taken p,'isonerx With
him was Brig. Gen. Reynolds.
Under the protection of Meagher's and
thnchs brigales Porter's whole corps, whit
~ lett Of It, retreated to the south bank Of
|N Chickahominy. Some of his artillery
ss left behind.
Thus one corps and q division of McClel-
aas army was made to fight more than two
aads of the whole Confederate army around
kchmond. In this bloody battle Porter's
o.p lost 5000 men, killed, wouwlcd and
esonfls; the Confelerates, 0.500.
AoFning found Fitz John Porter's corps
~, s.os the river, and the bridges destroyed
ssaaalL Stonelnan's aud Elnorys cavalry,
@ .u1 on from the rest of the corps, escaped by
0e way Of White House and Yorktown, and
se1' DOWN tho York river and up the james.
ala rclolned the army of the Potomac.
nurlns the Peninsula campaign the French
nn''s' tho Due de Charities and the Comic
., starls, received q thorough experience OF
Haca Sae,'can warfare. They served Us aides OF
tsoeilans staff, with the rank of captain
aom september, 1861, to the close of the
asen days fighting. They were the grand
,.as. s,s u Ans Louis Philippe, and welo thu
1aa, ,~ '"o princes that have been recently OK
asa asuoy tae French government. With theil
~. @.'s' the Prince de Joinvillc, they followed
n.. ~ fortunes Of the army Of the Potomac
thsH @ we were brave, dashing young fellows
m ,, ~ .un OF tun and merriment. They KEEP
w. NJ a'el own establishment, with their uncle
h,s, ~ was very deaf. Some of Mcclellan,
mr. thrp"s' "uls. were passed III their tent, /,
'aese weary days
with al haste Mcclellan Ind rctroa+ad RI
s,nar oe James He gave orders that al
sbpp,s p'," which could not be quickly convene,
~ 1.S ~, oe destroyed. SAYS Gen. Webb. /,
usrlss ssa,hsula ~ Campaign" Lines of III,
tmons ue .s.,c camps and depots Of the Uniol
afra, ahl'ons Of rations. hundreds of ton
Gun, S.a ammunition and shells for the sieR
mos ouas y McClellan's headouartars x,a,a ~
6vss ~ 'Fom Savage station to the jaime
ntrs.t aae a OF White Oak swamp. The line q
day., Ian van t'c seen on the man of the save
ahsnaoa.., Ta..,e ground. Ths same day Sumne
ra,s ronea fair Oaks and olso dronns.1 somtl
line Of msna, sara station. BY following til
hat ths;s atcn On the map the reader win sc
rom p;a, moves We're in a direction ava
The Old hors how're was time for you y saws one c
linps sbo:s OF tho army OF the Potomac. wi,
got in as ,ho with bullet wound in his lel
fight NJ, :, seven days battle. .N-o weed :
So dssus as and march all night
'.mcs was Mctso,, oent on reaching Il
and Wounded S'elian ~. that he left his sic
mind him in n "no could not be moved b
Where they won,s ,asosp'la! ct Savage static,
oontedcratess' s'0'a inevitably be taken by ii